Robby Krieger
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Robert Alan Krieger, born January 8, 1946, in Los Angeles, is a musical performer and The Doors guitarist. He attended UCLA. “The first music I heard that I liked was Peter and the Wolf. I accidentally sat and broke the record (I was about seven). Then I listened to rock ‘n’ roll – I listened to the radio a lot – Fats Domino, Elvis, The Platters.
“I started surfing at fourteen. There was lots of classical music in my house. My father liked march music. There was a piano at home. I studied trumpet at ten, but nothing came of it. Then I started playing blues on the piano?no lessons though. When I was seventeen, I started playing guitar. I used my friend’s guitar. I didn’t get my own until I was eighteen. It was a Mexican flamenco guitar. I took flamenco lessons for a few months. I switched around from folk to flamenco to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.
“Records got me into the blues. Some of the newer rock ‘n’ roll, such as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. If it hadn’t been for Butterfield going electric, I probably wouldn’t have gone rock ‘n’ roll.
I didn’t plan on rock ‘n’ roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock ‘n’ roll with jazz, and I thought I could make money playing music. In rock ‘n’ roll you can realize anything that you can in jazz or anything. There’s no limitation other than the beat. You have more freedom than you do in anything except jazz – which is dying – as far as making any money is concerned.
“In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other’s art, so we can effect a synthesis. In the case of Tim Buckley or Dylan you have one man’s ideas. Most groups today aren’t groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.”
Most people know Robby Krieger as the consummate music artist in his role as former guitar player and songwriter of the legendary band The Doors.
What shouldn’t be surprising is that creativity has no boundaries and many times artistic expression will spill over into more then one medium for the artist.
Robby Krieger is no exception as demonstrated in his creation of a collection of spectacular, never-before-seen works of art…now available to art lovers and Robby fans.
Now, through the charity services organization, ART FOR A CAUSE, limited edition, giclee prints of his beautiful paintings will, for the first time, be available to the fans of Robby Krieger.
“I hope my paintings brings joy and love to art lovers for many years to come.” – Robby Krieger
Throwback to our last performance, jamming “Shark Skin Suit” !
🎸Where should we perform next?
Blues festival Byron bay
Vous êtes toujours aussi fort... j'aurais une pensée pour vous quand j'irai voir Jim au père Lachaise... merci beaucoup...regi Art 🇨🇵🇨🇦
Nashville
Nashville buddy!
Are those the same Gibson SG guitars from The Doors days I wonder ?.
The Sun shine down upon my eyes... but I'm not a witness cause you got me blind... and I cannot feel the heat....so you just burn me to a crisp.... with your ultraviolet hair.... my surroundings are unfair... can I forbare the abuse....will it be Bliss or a knoose?.... come to Pensacola ?????
Come to Hattiesburg, MS!!
Tacoma WA!
Come back to Jacksonville Florida Please
Nashville, just to play Runnin' Blues. give Jesse McReynolds a nod.
Phoenixville Pa (30 miles west of Philly)at the Colonial Theater. You played there in 2017
Anywhere in Alberta Canada 🤓🙃
Come back to Montreal. Saw you play at the Battle of The Bands fundraiser some years ago and Montreal awaits your return
How far will you travel?
Atlantic City NJ like a few years back Really loved it
Somewhere i can see the show
Grand Rapids, MI...or Magic Bag in Detroit again.
Detroit at the Token Lounge…👽🍺🎸
Even if it's just 1 gig in Europe, I would travel there 🙏🎉🎊 would love to see you live one more time 👍
Portland, Maine
Sounds awesome 👏 how about South Jersey 🤔
Sounds great 👍
Deer Isle Maine! ok so there's not much going on here Robbie but come for the salty sunny Maine summer.and we love you!
Grand Rapids, MI is pretty cool.
Houston Texas heights theater
🎨Who’s seen my art exhibit? Make sure you go check it out, it closes on 5/11!
🎸All of my art is music inspired from the latest album with The Soul Savages!
Incredible… ✨✨✨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏼🔮👌🏻🌈✌🏻you have always been such a creative soul, Robby Krieger… and, so unique in all forms and mediums of your artistic Expression.. 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Guillermo Zapata nuestro master también pinta
I would love to go! Where is it at?
Tim Petrovic wants to buy some! How do we do this?
The splendid colour king, Krieger the Tiger 🐅 in his multi coloured dungarees 👍 Brilliant Maestro riff 🎸master 🎼of an American Prayer & super creative generation 🌞 Waiting for the Sun 🌞 , the son of man & womankind, not to mention, katz🐅 & dogz 🐕 too!💕🙏✝️😎 Amen!
I googled some of your art and was amazed. Good stuff.
🫶🏾you we need you back in Venice at the First Baptist Church to help keep Venice weird! Message me ✊🏾Sarah
Nice work man, you’re one multi talented guy! Best regards Tom
So nice to see your still doing what you love Robbie 🥰🥳🙏🏼
Love mine! Thanks Robby🎸
“Art for a Cause” I am following robbykriegerart on Instagram but did not notice the exhibition closes 🔜 on 5/11
love this guy❤❤❤
I know alot about art ..i just dont know what I like
The Doors mi banda preferida,MR Robby Krieger
Yes! It’s an original by an Original
Scotty would be so proud Robby Krieger!!! Beautiful work!!
Oh groovy, imma share this. Sure thing Robby!🙂
Did you receive that painting I gifted you from Tequila Mockimgbird?
GRANDE ROBBY.....siempre tan creativo
Where’s the toilet?
LEYENDA VIVIENTE
Hello Robby !!!!!
🔥This life is too short to not be yourself. What’s one thing that is unique to you? Mine is my collection of pants!
My rock family history ❤️
My determination to complete building my recording studio in a Thai village, in north west Thailand, so I can get back to what matters after over a year of construction, which is the music, of course!
My Collection of Pants…. Next album title?
When all my friends were listening to top 40 radio as a teenager, I was blasting The End!! Meeting you was one of the best days ever Robby! Would love to golf with you if you’re ever in Pennsylvania. Keep rockin!! 😎
Youre a treasure.
Yo brother Robby Krieger I love your pants very cool 😎 indeed Mine is hats. I've just acquired a deer stalker hat in tweed Sherlock Holmes styley. And a tweed half cut with excellent pockets. I live in the heart of the country. Glastonbury town Somerset You must pay it a visit Glastonbury tor is amazing you'll absolutely love it there's something really special about. But pilton is not in Glastonbury. But if your ever playing in England tour dates you must come to Glastonbury. And go up the tor we could take a guitar the acoustics in the st Michaels tower are fabulous.
Robby Krieger My striving to live my life the way I want to, and not how others tell me I should.
Playing guitar or ukulele in the ocean
Cool Robbie how is the SG playing these days..what year is that bearing in mind they were still called les Paul’s in the early 1960s…nice axe man 🎼🎸🎶
Hi Robbie, The books I’ve written. And the next one, for Jim Morrison. The Silence In Every Sound, about a journey (Katabasis) into the underworld where I go see Persephone & Hades to seek Eurydice for Orpheus. It also has a double album I wrote for it. I know what you feel. I know what you lie to conceal. Dreams within your eyes. I know what you sleep to hide. You should have known the wisdom of silence. Mixed together with love’s strange violence. Hoping for an easy gain, But with love comes so much pain. © 2024 Eric Sander Kingston
I'm hilarious at times,this ain't one of em,but yeah ringading
This picture was taken 25 years ago! One of my many books about The Doors! My daughter is 28 now! I think she was in love with Morrison because of this book and the front cover picture!
Love the pants! Mine would be a serious collection of books and plants.
The Flowers I plant in my yard. I like unique Flowers. I also Love the Music you play and also The Doors Music. You are one Unique Musican... 🌸🏵🪷🌹🥀🌺🌻🌷🪻⚘️🎵🎶🎸🚪💜
You are the king of cool 😎 Big fan since 1967, best guaririst EVER!
Your style of playing is sooo distinctive… it will live forever
Either my collection of 50+ Hawaiin shirts (I'm a LA native), or my collection of 80 T-shirts
My visual art and music.
Oh, Robby, your guitar style is from the hand of God original. Jim was awesome, but as mild mannered as you always seemed to have been, the Doors would not be immortal without you. I know that was 'early days', but Robby's clean, exotic guitar style has never been duplicated in a world overflowing with master duplicators. Your next breath will be unique, Mr Krieger. What is unique about me? I try to tell people how positively they affected my life while they are alive instead of mourning with strangers after they leave. Thank you Robby.
You do have some great pants Robby! From your last Pensacola, Florida gig! I loved your show so much I gotta do it again and fly out to LA to catch you Soft Parade gig in July! I'm so excited to see you and your cool pants again!
Love them Robby. Hmmm my hair probably but thats not a collection. My gothic style things. And boho hippy stuff. Collection of 4 kids 😂
Mine would have to be my music collection! Cds... I've got so much that I love including every Doors title!
Unique to me is what comes out when I play my Gibson SG, or various other stringed instruments I've acquired and lived with. A friend from a musical family told me that I had my own "sound."
Love your pants!! Be yourself! That’s what we all should do! ❤️
My ability to keep moving into new musical territory. I was a progressive rock lead guitarist (for 50 years). Now I’m working on classical piano.
🫶I believe live shows are a magical place, and those memories for me are my favorite.
Tell us your favorite memory from one of our shows!
Robby is great on slide...not surprised Jimbo wanted it on every song.
The time a few years back I got your autograph in Asbury Park New Jersey. I had your CD that you signed, you were warm, gracious, friendly and delightful - you shook my hand and we shared a great moment. I told you how important your music was and is to me and I explained that I’ve gone - from a 13 year old kid who’s mind was immediately blown by Break on Through and Light My Fire etc - to become a professional musician myself who plays jazz guitar and teaches and records.
The first time seeing you with Ray as 'Riders on The Storm' back in '08 was very surreal, just never would have thought I'd ever get the chance. Then meeting you before several shows since, you are so amazing with fans and that guitar in your hand! Looking forward to catching you again this summer for the 9th time!
Saw you, Ray and Ian Astbury along with the rest of D21C in NJ around 2004. A dream come true for me to see you and Ray play live. I will always cherish that show 💯
Listening to and seeing your incredible guitar playing, with your son’s excellent vocals! The Palace Theatre Greensburg, PA. Thank you!
Anyone else find it amazing that Robbys, still creating and playing music after all these years! I am to young to have seen, The Doors live. However, since I first heard them as a kid, I’ve been huge fan! Right up through adulthood. The music they created is still inspiration for Millions of people both musicians and none. The legacy of the Doors will live on for 100s of years!
I was front row center, at the show in Indy . I was there loving it so much. Could not believe I was seeing you live. But I was so happy that I was able to share with my “niece” Maya Harris . Still one of my favorite nights ever.
In the middle of jamming on light my fire they turned it into an Elenor Rigby instrumental and back into light my fire! Very intimate venue in Pennsylvania for an audience under 500
Robby is still so awesome on the guitar as ever all these years and a great intelligent man to talk to. ROBBY music and THE DOOR'S music will live forever. Keep Rocking Robby.
And The Cult I saw that show blew me away unfortunately im too young to ever have actually seen Jim Morrison live ,Ian Astbury was incredible live the tones in his vocals blew me away you were a great fit together 🖤🎤🎶
Never seen RK& The Soul Savages, maybe one day in a club. I consider myself lucky because I could see Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger on stage (in Budapest, London and Paris). I will remember the night on Margitsziget when I could enjoy the benefits of my first row ticket 😅for a few minutes in my seat because people rushed to the stage in a frenzy after the second song, even Ray Manzarek's brother Rick Manzarek (alongside some security guys) couldn't stop the crowd. If you want to sit entire evening buy a ticket for a classical concert or jazz club. 😅The most recent live performance experience was in 2020 the very last live show i could attend before Covid times. The Morrison Hotel 50th anniversary event with photo shoots in LA. Robby signed my book..i was very demanding as i asked him to sign it twice 😅he smiled at me..i will never forget that magical moment. The Doors’ legacy is incomparable, Jim’s lyrics remain relevant. ♥️♾️Looking forward to RK’s new live shows.
Loved Robby & the band at the Hermosa Beach. A magical day, surrounded by the legendary songs and the beautiful waves!
Love you Robby!
One of a kind. God bless brother, Thank you for the muse.
Jumping on stage and standing in front of you while my buddy stood next to Ray , seconds later house lights came on ,the stage was full of people and you guys never missed a beat . This was on your 21 st century tour in GP Texas . Thank you . One of my favorite memories
Watching you play that amazing guitar and Al of those incredible songs. You still got it. Thank you
My most memorable experience wasn't at a show I attended. When I was 8 in 1966, mo oldest brother got his license. One night it takes me out and we end up on Sunset standing outside the Whisky to listen to the Doors playing inside. I'm sure a short, fat kid standing amongst the hippies was a sight, but I was hooked. When the debut album came out, I used my birthday money to buy what was my 1st album. My love continues to this day
Did you come to Tampa?
Saw you September 1 1968 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Band was very tight!!! Morrison jumped into the crowd. I remember Back Door Man and The End. Also did Unknown Soldier. Great memories.
Seeing you play guitar while your son sang for over two hours
saw you and Ray and Ian Astbury in London wembley arena and the round house Camden town yet came back for the 40 th anniversary to the round house two brilliant shows robbie rest in peace ray and Jim
Me singing Roadhouse Blues with you and your band in Tarrytown NY in 2015 . Just epic to be up there with you .
Never got to see you live but I bet they are all great shows! Love the pants by the way!
This is why you were in one of the best bands ever
In San Francisco at Winterland or the Fillmore I was completely mesmerized that night buy you guys!I was up in the the bleachers one song after another was great I believe it was in1968 .
❤️ Wow the show in CT this weekend was amazing, thank you to everyone who came out In support!
👀What makes a show memorable for you?
Congratulations Robby nice gig!!!
Great to see you're still at it!... Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for continuing on with the legacy!
Love the back drop…come to Adelaide Robby & play at the governor Hindmarsh you would be more than welcomed..blues power
~ the Sincerity of the performance … and, the Conviction of the Expression being put forth to the audience- i value these things the most…
Thank you for a fantastic show!!!
Fantastic show, I've been waiting for years for Robby to play somewhere close enough to see him, and was thrilled my son and i were able to on Saturday.
That was a great show. Please come back to CT again. Whole show was awesome, nice to hear those classic songs played again.
I am a huge fan. You are a living Guitar Legend/Musician. I wish I could have gone to the show. Please come back to CT. soon. I have been a fan of The Doors since I was 12 years old. I am now in my mid 60's. 🎶🎸🎵💜
Great show!! Robby rocked out 🎶 🎸
Getting lost in the music is what makes the show most memorable. Great to see Robbie out there doing what he’s done so wonderfully well.
This was a memorable show, the synergy of the band and Robby kept the crowd mesmerized. I'm still replaying it days later.
Thanks for playing for us. I had a blast.
Come on down to DC Robby!
When Robby Krieger wears the Ondine shirt I gave him! Or when he plays crystal ship 💜
We had a great night watching a true legend playing great music . Thank you Robby . A night to remember .
As many times as I've seen you, you're always a showman and bring it!! None of the shows have ever been the same. Still hoping to one day hear The Mosquito and The End live.
Epic show! Saw you in Calabasas last fall & in Ridgefield CT & NY a couple years ago - great shows, but Saturday’s show was the best one yet. We had a blast - love hearing you play! 🎸 & what a thrill to shake the hand of an absolute legend - thank you! 🙏
Robby Krieger oh wow that stage art looks absolutely amazing! Can't wait till July 19!!
Great, love Dan on bass!
Jim morrison is very proud that his friend is Robby Krieger. No one can sing light my 🔥 fire like Jim Morrison no one even comes close.
Happy you had a great show the art on stage is beautiful 🔥😎🥰
part of the buzz has to be the variety of people in the audience, most types of music does draw a wide sampling of folks gettin' their freak on !
Great Show! Come back again.
Couldn't go because I had a gig with my band. Hoping you book some more dates in The Northeast!